Tesla intends to lift annual output at its plant in Grünheide, outside Berlin, to one million vehicles, according to a report by the German technology outlet Golem — roughly double what the site was originally approved to build.
The factory, Tesla's first in Europe, opened in 2022, and its Brandenburg permit allows up to 500,000 vehicles a year along with battery production. After a stuttering ramp-up, actual output has stayed below that figure, so the site has not yet exhausted the capacity it is already allowed to use.
Grünheide has been contested ground since construction began. The plant's water consumption, the clearing of woodland and the extra traffic drew organised local and environmental opposition, and expansion plans have been fought over publicly more than once. A million vehicles a year would put the site in the top rank of European car factories.
Whether the target is reachable depends less on assembly lines than on the surroundings: supplier chains, skilled labour, grid connections, and whether authorities approve an expansion at all. The Golem report is our source here; specific timelines and capacity figures should be checked against a Tesla statement or the permitting documents before they are repeated further.
